The Board granted an earlier effective date of June 9, 2022, for service connection for the Veteran's temporomandibular disorder (TMD).
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's TMD had its onset prior to the date VA received the ITF, and resolving all doubt in the Veteran's favor, service connection for TMD is warranted effective June 9, 2022.
- Claimed conditions
- temporomandibular disorder (TMD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- July 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25057973
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